<p>I plan to study neuroscience and wanted to know how the program is at northeastern and what schools I should really consider if I'm going into this major?</p>
<p>Neuroscience is something I’m also considering as a major. The program at Northeastern is actually Behavioral Neuroscience, which I believe is focused more heavily on elements of psychology. Personally, I’m not sure if that’s right for me so you’ll have to check it out.</p>
<p>Here’s another CC post with a lot of discussion on it, it might give you some answers: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/1091388-behavioral-neuroscience-nu.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/northeastern-university/1091388-behavioral-neuroscience-nu.html</a></p>
<p>As for other schools, Johns Hopkins has one of the best neuroscience programs out there. Not easy to get in of course, but I would definitely check it out. Off the top of my head, U of Pittsburgh and William and Mary are other schools I’ve looked at that offer the major.</p>
<p>You might want to check out this : <a href=“http://www.northeastern.edu/registrar/courses/cat1112-acad-sc-bnsc.pdf[/url]”>http://www.northeastern.edu/registrar/courses/cat1112-acad-sc-bnsc.pdf</a></p>
<p>I’m actually planning on leaving the Behavioral Neuroscience program in the fall, mainly because I don’t much enjoy the psychology courses, and also felt that I really wan’t sure that neuroscience was the right field for me (as a result, I’m changing to a Math/Biology Dual Major, which should allow me a greater breadth of study, and open up a larger number of opportunities when looking for a graduate school). </p>
<p>That said, it’s quite possible to graduate with a behavioral neuroscience degree while taking mostly neuroscience courses (all courses that directly relate to behavior are electives to which there are alternatives). For some time, there has existed a plan to firm up major requirements and add more specific courses, but based on the drafts I’ve seen, it shouldn’t prevent you from de-emphasizing the behavior aspect if you desire to do so. </p>
<p>Being split between the biology and psychology departments can complicate things occasionally (a friend in the major recently spent several hours working out their co-op pay because of some administrative snag related to being divided between two departments), but you also have access to more resources (be they research opportunities, professors, etc.)</p>
<p>I am also looking at Upitt…The University of Rochester and Muhlenberg also offer the major and are very reputable schools, you should check them out since you’re considering a neuroscience major as well. Rochester even offers a master’s and a phd.</p>
<p>To be honest, that issue with my co-op payment didn’t have to do with the BNS department split - it was about my co-op advisor disappearing and not responding to any emails and the fact that y co-op funding is split (though over two different departments than BNS).
Anyway, I really enjoy BNS here. Part of the reason I chose Northeastern is that I liked that the program actually is interdisciplinary. A lot of schools’ neuroscience programs seemed like a biology program with a few neuroscience classes tacked on. The way the program is currently set up, ther is also a lot of flexibility to tailor the program to our interests, whether that be animal research or Pre-med. (Though, as WiseGuy pointed out, they’ve been in the process of trying to restructure the curriculum.) Last fall I got to take a graduate course on Functional Human Neuroanatomy for one of my requirements.</p>